DatePickerDialog incorrectly enforcing a minimum date of Jan 1, 1970

Question

We have a member reporting that he is unable to set a date before Jan 1, 1970 on our DatePickerDialog. This issue does not repro for us.

I am already aware that the

Answer 1

I see you already tried something similar, but have you tried setting the following:

android:startYear="1900"

directly on the DatePicker XML?

Like so:

Reference: http://kevsaidwhat.blogspot.com/2011/10/fun-with-android-datepicker-and-1970.html